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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
15. Sheriff is only feeding into the NRA narrative
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 10:21 AM
Dec 2015

Everyone doesn't own a gun and everyone doesn't go packing when they leave home. If everyone was packing and ready to shoot, THEN.....gun violence would come down. Also, we need armed guards ready to shoot at every public venue and every public gathering.

in case I need it.

Yea sure, if everyone was packing and ready to shoot at all times, SOME gun violence would be averted, but then we'd have people who don't care and would commit crime anyway, and also we'd have shootouts every day between angry, drunk, high individuals and gangs, and accidental firings of jumpy gun owners who fire at the wrong moments and at the wrong targets.

The NRA/hard right wing position is total bullshit and totally wrong. LESS firearms properly controlled is the answer. I'd say NO firearms (unless they are safely locked up at home for self-defense only, or for farmers who need them for livestock protection) but we all know that that will never happen in this country.

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